--- title: "Elon Musk Apparently Has Another Alt Account, and It’s Even Weirder" description: "Rumor has it that Elon Musk has yet another burner account on Twitter. And no, we're not surprised. Just disappointed." date: "2023-04-26" modified: "2023-04-26" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-another-alt-account" categories: - "Elon Musk" - "Future Society" - "The Industrialists" tags: - "elon musk" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # Elon Musk Apparently Has Another Alt Account, and It’s Even Weirder ![Rumor has it that Elon Musk has yet another burner account on Twitter. And no, we're not surprised. Just disappointed.]() *BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 13: An activist dressed as Elon Musk is trailed by a fellow activist dressed as a fossil fuel lobby dinosaur during a demonstration by the environmental action and human rights group Extinction Rebellion on April 13, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. Extinction Rebellion is holding days of activism and protests starting today in Berlin. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) \Image: Getty Images/Sean Gallup \* ## Another One Rumor has it that Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has yet another burner account on Twitter. And no, we're not surprised. Just disappointed. To recap: on Monday, the Musk-owned social media site was ablaze with the discovery of an account dubbed [Elon Test](), which — circumstantially — [strongly appears]() to be a Musk-used alt account where he roleplays as his own child. Extremely weird already, but it gets even weirder when you realize that a lot of Elon Test's reply tweets are sexual in nature. Now, [according to a new scoop]() from *Platformer's* Zoë Schiffer, Elon Test isn't Musk's only supposed alt account. A source reportedly told Schiffer that Musk has another one, which he was finally able to get his hands on after his purchase of the platform last fall — and not at all, it seems, to the pleasure of the account's former owner. "Elon Musk has another alt account, @e, that he had Twitter transfer to him shortly after the takeover," Schiffer [tweeted](). "I'm told the person who owned the account did not want to hand it over (the account had been hacked and suspended before due to the high value handle, and the previous owner wanted to keep it)." Oof. That's a rough go for @e's former owner. ## John Utah At a quick glance, @e certainly looks like it could be a Musk-run account. There's no profile picture, but the user is only following three other profiles: the *LAist*, NASA, and the original Elon Musk. The only thing that doesn't overtly scream Elon right away is the account's name, John Utah, which is seemingly a reference to Johnny Utah, the main character in the classic 90s film "Point Break." But, hey, everyone loves Keanu Reeves. There also aren't any actual tweets or replies from @e, so no clues there. Maybe Elon Test is Musk's shitposting-slash-toddler-roleplaying account, while @e is his lurker? Mysteries of the billionaire brain. ## Doomscroll City Look, it's not totally uncommon for celebrities to have [alt accounts](). But from a [new Tesla lawsuit]() to an [FAA investigation into SpaceX]() to the [extremely messy destruction]() of Twitter's verification system and more, Musk has a lot of real business problems on his plate, and he clearly spends enough time trolling on his flagship Twitter profile already. Some time off the app would probably do him — and his many ventures — some good. That said, if we just lost [$13 billion]() in a single day, we might need multiple profiles on which to doomscroll into oblivion, too. **More on the saga of Musk's alt accounts:** [*This Strongly Appears to Be Elon Musk's Alt Account on Twitter Where He Roleplays as His Own Child*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()